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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to exclude some files from the loop on the directory? Post 302993537 by drysdalk on Friday 10th of March 2017 07:04:50 PM
Old 03-10-2017
Hi,

You could try a script like this, perhaps.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
for file in `/bin/ls files/`
do
        case "$file" in
                DB.DAILY*)
                        #We want to skip this
                        continue
                        ;;
                *)
                        #But we want to process everything else
                        echo "$file"
                        ;;
        esac
done

So the idea is that for every file that's not got a name starting with "DB.DAILY" we echo out its filename. If its name does start with "DB.DAILY" we ignore it and move on to the next file.

Here's a sample of it being run, so you can see the output.

Code:
$ ls files
daily.20170310  DB.DAILYxxxxxxx.YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS  LET.20170310  tba.20170310
$ ./script.sh
daily.20170310
LET.20170310
tba.20170310
$

Hope this helps.
 

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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD

daily.conf

DAILY(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual							  DAILY(5)

NAME

     daily, daily.conf -- daily maintenance

DESCRIPTION

     The /etc/daily script is run, by default, every night on a NetBSD system.	The /etc/daily.conf file specifies which of the standard daily
     services are performed.

     The variables described below can be set to ``YES'' or ``NO'' in the /etc/daily.conf file.  Most default to ``YES'', but not all.	Check the
     /etc/defaults/daily.conf file if you are in doubt.  (Note that you should never edit /etc/defaults/daily.conf directly, as it is often
     replaced during system upgrades.)

     find_core			This runs find(1) over the entire local filesystem, looking for core files.

     run_msgs			This runs msgs(1) with the -c argument.

     expire_news		This runs the /etc/expire.news script.

     purge_accounting		This ages accounting files in /var/account.

     run_calendar		This runs calendar(1) with the -a argument.

     check_disks		This uses the df(1) and dump(8) to give disk status, and also reports failed raid(4) components.

     show_remote_fs		In check_disks, show remote file systems, which are not reported on by default.

     check_mailq		This runs mailq(1).

     check_network		This runs netstat(1) with the -i argument, and also checks the rwhod(8) database, and runs ruptime(1) if there are
				hosts in /var/rwho.

     full_netstat		By default, check_network outputs a summarized version of the netstat(1) report.  If a full version of the output
				run with the -inv options is desired, set this variable.

     run_fsck			This runs fsck(8) with the -n option.

     run_rdist			This runs rdist(1) with /etc/Distfile.

     run_security		This runs the /etc/security script looking for possible security problems with the system.

     run_skeyaudit		Runs the skeyaudit(1) program to check the S/Key database and informs users of S/Keys that are about to expire.

     run_makemandb		If the /etc/man.conf file exists, runs the makemandb(8) utility to update the man.db database for use by
				apropos(1).

     fetch_pkg_vulnerabilities	Refreshes the local database of package vulnerabilities.  See the settings in security.conf(5) for details on the
				actual package checks.

     The variables described below can be set to modify the tests:

     find_core_ignore_fstypes	Lists filesystem types to ignore during the find_core phase.  Prefixing the type with a '!' inverts the match.
				For example, 'procfs !local' will ignore 'procfs' type filesystems and filesystems that are not 'local'.

     find_core_ignore_paths	Lists paths to ignore during the find_core phase.  For example, '/export' will not descend into any directories
				under the '/export' hierarchy. This, on a file server, allows to skip user data while still scanning system files.

     run_fsck_flags		Extra options to be passed to fsck(8) if run_fsck is enabled.

     send_empty_security	If set, the report generated by the run_security phase will always be sent, even if it is empty.

     pkgdb_dir			DEPRECATED.  Please set PKGDB_DIR in pkg_install.conf(5) instead.

				If defined, points to the location of the packages database.  Defaults to /var/db/pkg.

FILES

     /etc/daily 	       daily maintenance script
     /etc/daily.conf	       daily maintenance configuration
     /etc/defaults/daily.conf  default settings, overridden by /etc/daily.conf
     /etc/daily.local	       local site additions to /etc/daily

SEE ALSO

     monthly(5), security.conf(5), weekly(5)

HISTORY

     The /etc/daily.conf file appeared in NetBSD 1.3.

BSD
								   July 30, 2012							       BSD
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